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ksar

ksar noun: a fortified traditional village in North Africa.

Noun

ksar (plural ksars or ksour)

  1. a fortified traditional village in North Africa.

Forms of ksar

pluralksars
pluralksour

Origin of ksar

Borrowed from French ksar, from a Maghrebi form of Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr). Doublet of qasr and castrum

Phrases with ksar

Questions about ksar

What does ksar mean?
Ksar means a fortified traditional village in North Africa.
What part of speech is ksar?
Ksar is a noun.
What is the plural of ksar?
The plural of ksar is ksars.

Words near ksar in the dictionary

  1. Kršan
  2. ks
  3. KS theorem
  4. Ks.
  5. KSA
  6. ksar
  7. Ksar el-Kebir
  8. Ksar es-Seghir
  9. ksars
  10. KSAs
  11. KSC

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